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 Believe me, My children will know the difference between my  beliefs and theirs when they are old enough to understand. They know that I believe smoking ciagarettes is wrong, and that I do not allow people to smoke in my home, they might grow up to decide differnetly but they will know that I disagree and why I disagree. You are an athiest, are you treaching Emma that there is a God?  Probably not, so you are teaching her YOUR athiest beliefs.. I have already talked to my five year old about boyfriend/girlfriend type stuff as a while back she asked if two boys could marry, my response, "well, there are people who believe that is ok to do, but I believe it is wrong and the Bible tells us it is wrong. Of course I didn't go into detail, the child is five, but you bet, I am gonna tell her my belief system. What is gonna happen when some day, Emma asks, you, " is there a God?" are you going to say "yes" or are you going to say "no" or are you going to leave it open for her to decide" I can bet that you are not going to tell her yes because you  an athiest, maybe you will say no since you do not believe in God but I would think you would give her your opinion and why you believe as you do and then let her know that there will come a time when she is going to have to figure this out on her own, meaning she is gonna have to develop her own beliefs system which is NO difference then what I am doing in MY home,. Yes, I am going to teach my children all about Christianity and why I beleive it and what it has a done for me. They will learn that not every one agrees on issues, heck my husabnd and I don't agree on everything, that's life but I am not going to make them think something is ok when I am against it.

All of us as parents have the responsibiliy to raise our kids to be productive adults and we need to teach them to be able to make choices and give them resources and we are not going to agree on what those resources are gonna be, I choose to lean toward Christianity, you choose to lean towards athiesm, no difference.

And, with a previous post, I said something to the effect that I would discuss the book about homosexuality with my children if they had to read it, nothing wrong with that. or I guess there is if I would say something to contradict the teaching. O well, I will continue to teach my kids Chritianity teachings and values and when the time comes for them to research and decide for themselves, then they   will do this but in the mean time, it is my responsibility to parent, to teach, to guide, direct in the way they should go. They are learning about love and acceptance which does not mean they have to agree with everything presented to them and that is something they will have to learn.

Purple, you and I are alike in a lot of ways. We believe as we do for our own reasons and at the same time, I believe we BOTH are teaching our children our beliefs, every one of us do, if we didn't then we would be confusing the daylights out of our kids, We would be teaching one thing but living another and that is being a hypocrite which I do not think neither one of us are. I disagree with parents smoking and then telling their kids it is wrong. I disagree with parents swearing and telling the kids it is wrong. I have my beliefs, my kids will know what those beliefs  are and we will live by those beliefs in my home for if we didn't, we would be a hypocritcal home. You are an athiest, you do not believe in praying, so do you pray in your home and if not why not? It's becuas eyou do not believe in God therefore you are teaching Emma not to pray. YOUR beliefs.

I am thankful that I live in a country where as a parent I have the right to teach and guide my children to pray and lean towards God and in the same way, I am sure you are thankful that you live in a country where you are not forced to bow down and pray and that you have the right to not influence your daughter to do so. WE are no different Purple, your right, I am teaching my children my religious ideas which is your wording, my wording, my Christian life and beliefs, nothing wrong with that, just doing the exact same thing that all parents do.